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FBI Arrests 17-Year-Old ISIS-Linked Teen Plotting Rep. Self Attack

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC · How we work

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Federal agents arrested a 17-year-old McKinney teen radicalized by ISIS for plotting to shoot Rep. Keith Self.
The suspect obtained a firearm and planned the attack for a cook-off on Oct. 17.
Rep. Self thanked the FBI and said the plot strengthens his resolve to oppose Sharia.
Self, co-founder of the Sharia-Free America Caucus, introduced a July resolution denouncing Sharia.

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Federal agents arrested a 17-year-old McKinney teen radicalized by ISIS for plotting to shoot Rep. Keith Self.
The suspect obtained a firearm and planned the attack for a cook-off on Oct. 17.
Rep. Self thanked the FBI and said the plot strengthens his resolve to oppose Sharia.
Self, co-founder of the Sharia-Free America Caucus, introduced a July resolution denouncing Sharia.